The sour seeds they sow

I have always observed the way people seem to never get better from some sicknesses. They tend to visit the doctor and the pharmacy ever so often to pick up additional medication because of side effects caused by some other prescription. Many people end up with so many negative body reactions to these medicines that after a while they just pass away.

I do not know if there is a similarity but it was brought to my attention that there is a practice of selling a certain type of seeds to farmers. These seeds produce crops which do not reproduce seeds for the planting of the following crop. This would then cause the farmers to have to buy seeds each time they want to plant.

Based on my understanding these seeds do not guarantee a productive crop because they are also affected by the conditions for which they should be resistant to. These conditions include pest and disease resistance. I could understand why these farmers were upset, they even went on to call the seeds “terminator seeds” or “suicide seeds”. Reports have also suggested that these genetically modified seeds were sold after the authorities were possibly bribed in some instances.

Science is there to improve not to destroy. I just want to make an appeal. Most of these farmers are poor and are desperately trying to make a difference. Buying expensive seeds which are mostly non functional or just partly functional is something they cannot afford, and besides that it undermines their intelligence. If food is the staff of life and agriculture is the means for producing food. I do not understand why someone or some group would do such a thing. It really puzzles me.